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Checklist for Subfamily Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region Rwanda (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
2114
4616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
171
1845
4258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
41
719
1675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
41
718
1673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
41
718
1673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
15
99
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
12
91
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
12
22
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
12
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
10
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rwanda
10 Genera with 19 Species
Bigotilia Gibeaux, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 20116SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Vietteilus Gibeaux, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rwanda
19 Species
Bigotilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Hellinsia ambo Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912
Platyptilia albilobata Gielis, 2011
Platyptilia daemonica Meyrick, 1932
Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Platyptilia nyungwea Gielis, 2011
Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia rwandae Gielis, 2011
Pselnophorus busoroensis Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Stenoptilia uwinka Gielis, 2011
Stenoptilia uwinkae Gielis, 2011
Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875

Subnodes of Pterophorinae with occurrences in Rwanda
TribeExelastini
Gielis, 2000
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOidaematophorini
Gielis, 2003
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOxyptilini
Bigot , Gibeaux , Nel & Packard, 1998
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePlatyptiliini
Bigot, Gibeauux, Nel & Picard, 1998
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePterophorini
Gielis, 2003
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pterophorinae at artfakta.se
Pterophorinae at itis.gov